As winter creeps in and days grow colder, add warmth and joy to your home with precious handmade items from Nest. Nest is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting female artists and artisans. Nest designers are based all over the world, and each time you make a purchase, you have not only have purchased a quality handmade product, you have participated in a proven effort to help better the lives of women all over the world since Nest supports these artists by providing them with micro-credit loans to be used for the purchase of supplies and materials necessary to begin and/or maintain art or craft-based businesses.

If you're in the Chicago area, on November 30th Nest will feature a Trunk Show at Robin?s Egg Blue from 6pm ? 9pm located at 823 Burlington Avenue in Western Springs, IL.

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